BREAKING NEWS!1 february 2018
i will spare you the details, but after a
year of hopelessly suffering my quickly degenerating web host i have
decided to discontinue our collaboration - and spread the word: freewebs
sucks!

which means that with immediate effectcaptain beefheart electricitywill be flashing on at the new addressbeefheart.xyz
see you there, you're welcome...

captain
beefheart electricity

OLD FART AT PLAY !concerts

PLEASE,
WELCOME...

CAPTAIN
BEEFHEART and HIS / THE MAGIC BANDWORLD-WIDE
LIVE
PERFORMANCES

IMPORTANT WARNING:the following 'concert halls' are OUTDATED and scheduled for heavy re-construction.
but as long as the renovation is in progress, you still might find what you're looking for.CONCERTS1965-1967
/ 1968-1970 / 1971-1972or see what a search can dig up for you.the board of directors sincerely wants to apologize for the inconvenience, and likes to compensate you by offering a glimpse into the material which will be used for the new buildings....

to play live music
wasn't easy for captain beefheart. first of all he needed a band
of musicians capable of performing his musical paintings the right way
ánd who didn't mind low pay as well as his whimsical behaviour
on and off stage. the second assignment was to get a proper place for a show...sometimes these problems were solved!
but then, as essential next step, a good performance needed an audience.

ways to draw people to the concert were* advertisements* announcements* posters * handbillsand * previews.
in order to keep the
happenings well-organized there had to be made* ticketsand occasionally even* program
booklets * press
cardsand * back
stage passes.
some of the gigs appeared
to be interesting subjects for* broadcasts
* photos and *
reviews
and / or have been recorded on * audio tapes sometimes resulting in * (bootleg) albums,
while other facts
about the concerts have been saved in* interviews
* stories * signatures and * memories.

special thanks go tothe defunct websiteCAPTAIN
BEEFHEART & THE / HIS MAGIC BAND live
performances and rehearsalsalso known asCAPTAIN
BEEFHEART TIMELINE
long ago, when
i had cybered the first 'complete' concert overview,
another beefheartian, detlef jürgens, thought those lists were a
good starting point for a website dealing exclusively with that part of don van
vliet's career, and off he went!
the 'live performances and rehearsals' exploded into a gigantic database of facts.
eventually, detlef's web museum became a detailed story in the form of a timeline.

unfortunately, after many glorious years
detlef was forced to abandon the project for lack of time - which was a terrible
loss to mankind!

but there are good reasons to continue the research:* john 'drumbo' french and other band members remembered a lot of the past in the book 'through the eyes of magic'
* every day new information and useful details bubble up on the webhowever
the 'timeline' contained a lot of stuff worth to be saved for everthusyou might come across the remark 'provided by detlef jürgens'.